If your diary’s looking free from 20th to 22nd August this year, make a date to visit the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water. Called the ‘birdwatcher’s Glastonbury’, this three-day celebration of all things birding is a must-visit event. It’s fantastically jam-packed with stands of all kinds, offering everything from field guides to optics, from clothing to birdseed, birding tours to every destination around the globe and plenty of stands offering clever little gizmo’s that you can’t possibly go birding without! There are plenty of talks running over the three days with glorious photos of birds to tempt you on another trip to some far-flung destination as well as events, competitions and guided walks – because all this is happening right on the edge of a nature reserve.We’d never miss out on going to this annual event; with so many friends and birders gathering there, we usually spend all day chatting and catching up on news. We’re usually to be found with our friends on the Tropical Birding stand, and this year is no exception, though perhaps it’s a little bit special, as we’ll be launching our book of The Biggest Twitch as our publishers have told us our book will be available then. We’re giving a talk from 1-1.30pm in the Events Marquee on the Friday afternoon, followed by a book signing in the official book signing tent next door. However, for the rest of the Birdfair, you’ll find us both signing our book on the Tropical Birding stand number 50 and 51 in Marquee 4, so if you’d like to have a copy of The Biggest Twitch signed by both the authors, do make sure you drop by and visit us there! With less than a month to go, we’re already getting very excited and practising signing our signatures with a flourish, so we do hope we see you there. Bring it on!